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Since the surprise Arab uprisings of 2011, the Saudi
government has worked assiduously to ensure it has all the tools of censorship
it needs to control dissent. These tools--a combination of special courts, laws,
and regulatory authorities--are starting to fire on all cylinders. The result
has been a string of arrests and prosecutions in recent months of independent
and dissident voices.